China will establish technical centers designed to assist Chinese companies to meet export foreign technology standards, state media reported Wednesday.The nation’s entrance into the World Trade Organization five years ago provided Chinese manufacturers with new export opportunities, but they are being knocked back at various borders for failing to meet local standards. Chinese companies are also losing out in copyright and patent disputes with foreign competitors, because they do not patent their inventions as aggressively as foreign competitors, Chinese officials have said.Official Chinese statistics claim that two-thirds of China-based exporters have run into trouble with foreign standards, resulting in aggregate losses of about US$20 billion, the report said, but it did not elaborate on the source of that data. The Ministry of Commerce initially will establish 19 centers around the country, with 100 to open by 2010, also serving non-technological industries such as textiles and foodstuffs. Chinese companies wishing to export goods will be required to have their goods inspected by the centers, with manufacturers or exporters of failed products potentially losing their export licenses.-Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe